Ckay – People are always telling me to smile often
Nigeria singer Ckay says he believes that the reason he always gets certain feedback is because he barely smiles in pictures, as he shares his thoughts on the public’s perception of him, explaining that even though he is told he should smile more, he feels no need show happiness constantly.
After being complimented too about his smile during his recent Afrobeats Intelligence podcast by Joey Akan, he opened up that he has been told he has a very nice smile.
Joey asked him,“When people describe how you smile, what do they say? What’s the most repetitive or recurring review of your smile?”
Ckay said In response,“A recurrent review of my smile is that I have a nice smile and I should smile more, like I don’t smile enough. I don’t know, man; maybe I don’t smile enough in pictures. I think that’s what it is because people get to see me more pictures than me in real life. Maybe they build a perception of me needing to smile more because of pictures.”
Linking his smile to his music, he revealed that he wasn’t in a particularly cheerful place while creating his upcoming album, and he aimed to reflect genuine emotions in his work.
Ckay explained,“I wasn’t smiling when I started working on this album; the mood was reality. I think smiling all the time would be nice and I think it’s not realistic to smile all the time because things that make you smile all the time don’t always happen.”
He went on,“There are moments to smile and moments of reality; positive and negative emotions happen to a person, so I say making music only about the positive things, it won’t be realistic. For someone like me making art has to represent the positives and negatives for it to be authentic.”
